| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 36 Taxation |
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| $2.65 is the projected average price of cigarettes sold in the U.S. in 2000; 12.8% of |
| this is federal tax. In Great Britain, the cost of a pack is $6.25; 80% of this is tax. In |
| Alaska, there was a 17% drop in cigarette sales after the state tax was increased |
| from 29 cents to a dollar. |
| Time, September 13, 1999, p. 25 |
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| Domestic cigarette consumption has fallen 6 to 7% in 1998-1999, double the 3% |
| average annual decline of the last decade. Analysts attribute the decline to a |
| nationwide 25% per pack increase in the last year. In some states with high taxes |
| such as California, Massachusetts, and Alaska, consumption declines from the |
| previous year could be greater than 15%. |
| Christian Science Monitor, February 25, 1999, p. 1 |
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| The Federal tax on large cigars is a maximum of 3 cents per cigar. |
| NEJM, June 10, 1999, p. 1830 |
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| 4 million teens spend $2 billion on a billion packs of cigarettes that they consume |
| each year, paying $222 million in federal and $300 million in state tobacco taxes. |
| ABC evening news, June 30, 1999 |
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| The tobacco industry spent $29.8 million in an unsuccessful attempt to defeat |
| California's Proposition 10, which raised the state cigarette tax by 50 cents a pack in |
| 1999. Proponents of the tax spent $9 million, including director Rob Reiner's $1 |
| million. The tobacco industry's position against the tax was supported by TV ads |
| featuring Wilson Riles, a highly respected former state school superintendent, whom |
| the industry paid $90,000. The tax passed by only 80,000 votes out 8 million cast. |
| San Francisco Chronicle, February 4, 1999, p. A1 |
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